afterglow

Example Sentences

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The couple will still be on a high after all the festivities and luxuriating in the afterglow of the love — and cash — bestowed upon them.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

The cosmic microwave background, which is the faint afterglow left behind by the Big Bang, contains valuable information about the early universe.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

The afterglow of aristocratic grace, the poet noted, was obscured by the “rising tide of democracy, which invades and levels all things.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Even though for the wearers of the gowns, post-prom may be a chance to bask in the afterglow of June's event, those making them are back at work.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

At first she doesn’t see it—the only light is coming from the kitchen, drifting out to us like the afterglow from another world.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan